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# Set the display order of a financier's approvals

POST https://api.finput.com.au/api/v1/approvals/reorder
Content-Type: application/json

Takes the approval ids in the order they should appear, top first, and rewrites their `priority` values to match. Priority decides which approval heads a financier's Matrix results; sending the order means a client never has to know what the underlying numbers are.

Values are spaced evenly so a number can still be typed between two rows afterwards. Every id must belong to the same organisation, and all of them are rewritten in one transaction — a request naming an unknown id changes nothing.

Reference: https://docs.finput.com.au/api/endpoints/approvals/reorder-approvals

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — JWT access token obtained from `POST /api/v1/auth/login`, or a `finput_sk_...` API token

## Request

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects an object.

- `approval_ids` (list of integer, required) — Approval ids, first in the list sorts first.

## Response

### 200

The order that was applied

- `approval_ids` (list of integer, optional)

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

Empty list, duplicate ids, or ids spanning more than one organisation. Validated before any write, so a rejected request never leaves a partial order.

- `error` (string, optional)
- `errors` (map from string to list of string, optional)

### 403 Forbidden Error

Caller lacks approval write permission

- `any`

### 404 Not Found Error

One or more ids do not exist, or belong to another organisation

- `any`

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "approval_ids": [
    12,
    9,
    31
  ]
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "approval_ids": [
    1
  ]
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.finput.com.au/api/v1/approvals/reorder"

payload = { "approval_ids": [12, 9, 31] }
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.finput.com.au/api/v1/approvals/reorder';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"approval_ids":[12,9,31]}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.finput.com.au/api/v1/approvals/reorder"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"approval_ids\": [\n    12,\n    9,\n    31\n  ]\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.finput.com.au/api/v1/approvals/reorder")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"approval_ids\": [\n    12,\n    9,\n    31\n  ]\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.finput.com.au/api/v1/approvals/reorder")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"approval_ids\": [\n    12,\n    9,\n    31\n  ]\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://api.finput.com.au/api/v1/approvals/reorder', [
  'body' => '{
  "approval_ids": [
    12,
    9,
    31
  ]
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.finput.com.au/api/v1/approvals/reorder");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"approval_ids\": [\n    12,\n    9,\n    31\n  ]\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = ["approval_ids": [12, 9, 31]] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.finput.com.au/api/v1/approvals/reorder")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```